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Good Night, And Good Luck Took A Cue From One Of George Clooney’s Favorite Films Television isn’t a medium known for quiet and austerity. But when George Clooney directed his 2005 feature film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” a Cold War thriller set in the CBS newsroom, he preferred dead air for much of his score. That film pitted revered CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow against the leader of the Communist witch-hunt, Senator Joseph McCarthy....

Here Are The Top 5 Looks From The 2021 Emmys The stars of the small screen were out in full force last night with the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS. As usual, the red carpet was filled with plenty of glitz and glamor as Hollywood put on their Sunday best, hoping to take home a sharp, shiny trophy. Though we don’t usually focus on fashion at these big award shows, there were exactly five stunning looks that completely took our breath away, and we couldn’t help but bring them to your attention....

How Turning Red Is Helping Audiences Learn To See Themselves In Teen Girl Characters [Exclusive] It’s been commonly accepted in the entertainment industry that girls will watch “boy’s content,” but boys won’t watch “girls' shows.” Coming-of-age movies that center on boys are considered universal classics, but coming-of-age movies about girls are pushed under the “chick flick” category. It’s this backwards way of thinking that makes studios nervous to invest in stories about young women, fearful that the lack of “universal appeal” will allow their film to be profitable....

If You Want Official ‘Star Wars’ Baby Yoda Merchandise With The Same Cheaply Printed Image, We Have Good News We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember when we found out that there would be some merchandise featuringThe Mandalorian’s scene-stealing little character Baby Yoda? Well, some of that merchandise is officially available, and if you were hoping to get your hands on items that all have the same cheaply printed image on them, then you’re going to love this initial line-up ofStar WarsBaby Yoda merchandise....

Joel Kinnaman Says The New ‘RoboCop’ Will Be “More Human” I’m tempted to put this down in the “actors are usually the last to know” column, but there is probably something to this, given that costume tests and so forth have evidently commenced:Joel Kinnaman,recently chosento be the newRoboCopfordirectorJosé Padilha, is talking about the new suit designs. We’ve heard suggestions from Padilha that his take on the film will be a little bit less exaggerated sci-fi cop movie than Paul Verhoeven’s original satire was....

Mike Flanagan Wants To Make A Star Wars Horror Movie Mike Flanagan, a modern master of horror responsible for films like “Doctor Sleep” and “Oculus” and TV shows like “The Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass,” wants to make a “Star Wars” horror movie. And if you ask me, someone should take him up on this idea. To be fair, Flanagan didn’t offer any insight into what his “Star Wars” horror movie could be, since the entire inspiration for this news story comes from a random tweet the filmmaker fired off following an earthquake....

Neil Burger Set To Direct Sheldon Turner-Scripted ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ In the wake of the success ofLimitless,Neil Burgerhas already signed to make Sony’s video game adaptationUncharted. But a new draft of that script is in the works, and even though he’s also writing, one expects there is no small amount of dealing with Sony to get that screenplay crafted, especially after the time spent with David O. Russell’s now-abortedUnchartedscript. In other words: that one might take a minute to come together....

Neil Gaiman’s ‘Anansi Boys’ Ordered To Series At Amazon, Won’t Be An ‘American Gods’ Spin-Off Hollywood has fully jumped on board theNeil Gaimanbandwagon lately and that doesn’t look to be changing anytime soon.Amazon, after inking him to an overall deal years ago that somewhat surprisingly allowedGood Omensto receive a second season, is continuing to go all-in on the author. Anansi Boys, based on Gaiman’s 2005 fantasy novel, has been ordered to series for a six episode run and will begin production later this year in Scotland after well over a year in development....

New ‘Arrested Development’ Episodes Coming In 2016, Says Brian Grazer Prepare yourself for another Bluth family reunion. ProducerBrian Grazersays newArrested Developmentepisodes will shoot in early 2016, and hit Netflix in mid-2016. Read his latest update on the Arrested Development new episodes after the jump. On thelatest episode of his podcast(released June 2),Adam Carollaasked Grazer for a status update on the next batch ofArrested Developmentepisodes. Grazer’s response: Well, I had a conversation with Fox today, this morning....

New ‘Dirty Dancing’ Movie In The Works At Lionsgate With Jennifer Grey Returning To Star Dirty Dancingis one of those staple romances of the 1980s that is still so popular today that it stands among the likes ofBack to the Future,Jaws, andGhostbustersas movies that are currently playing in drive-ins around the country and always seem to be on television every single weekend. Now it appears the popularity of the title has resulted in a nostalgic revival in the form of a newDirty Dancingmovie in the works at Lionsgate which will bring back the original film’s star,Jennifer Grey....

Platinum Dunes Is Done With Remakes, Will Focus On Original Horror Movies Horror reboots were prevalent for a while, particularly from production companyPlatinum Dunes. Now, however, more and more producers are catching on to the fact that original horror can bring in a crowd. As a result, Platinum Dunes has vowed to ditch remakes and reboots entirely and focus on original horror and genre films. So say goodbye to Platinum Dunes horror remakes....

Possession Giveaway: Win Free Tickets, A Mondo Poster, And More For This Wild Horror Movie The early ’80s cult classic “Possession” from filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski has been given new life. The folks at Metrograph Pictures have recently releaseda brand new 4K restoration of the moviethat has been making its way to theaters across the country. With the restoration expanding to new cities this month, we have teamed up with the folks at Metrograph for a special giveaway, allowing you to see this newly-restored (and totally bonkers) horror movie on the big screen, while taking home some other really cool goods as well....

Rian Johnson’s Production Company Launches New Label, Will Produce Low-Budget Films From New Directors T-Street, the production company founded byKnives OutandBrickdirectorRian Johnsonand his longtime producerRam Bergman, is expanding its reach. Their production banner is teaming up with MRC Films, the indie studio that developed and produced movies likeKnives Out,Baby Driver,Ted, andThe Adjustment Bureau, to launch a new untitled label that will produce three to four low-budget movies per year from up-and-coming filmmakers....